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HOW CITRIX XENAPP CAN REALLY HELP SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES

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How To Use Virtual Application Delivery From Citrix XenApp® to Mobilize Your Business, Maximise Productivity & Performance, Enhance Security, Eliminate Complexities & Risk & Reduce Costs

SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES

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WHAT’S IN THIS BRIEFING?

Who are Citrix?

Key Benefits of Citrix XenApp

Why XenApp – The Top 10 Reasons

How XenApp Works – Short Citrix Video

The Key Features of XenApp

The Umbee XenApp Advantage


Why XenApp – The Top 10 Reasons

XenApp in 43 Seconds

The Umbee XenApp Advantage

Free XenApp Discovery Call

WHO ARE CITRIX?

Citrix solutions power business mobility through

secure, personal workspaces that provide people

Citrix is a leader in mobile workspaces, providing virtualization,

mobility management, networking & cloud services.


with instant access to apps, desktops, data and

communications on any device, over any network

and cloud.

With 2013 revenue of $2.9bn, their solutions are

used by >330,000 organizations and >100m users & they touch >75% of Internet users every day

www.citrix.com

Citrix XenApp® is the leading solution for virtual application delivery, providing Windows apps as secure mobile services. By centralizing control and security, your IT team can mobilizeyour business while reducing costs. XenApp allows you to:

Optimize employee productivity & user experience with Windows apps on-

KEY BENEFITS OF XENAPP®


Optimize employee productivity & user experience with Windows apps on-demand. Cut transaction times of client/server apps by as much as 300%

Streamline IT support of BYO devices by delivering apps & desktops as an on-demand service, provisioned in real time with the added benefits of improved employee satisfaction, productivity, retention and recruiting

Secure corporate access and reduce risk of data loss. Centralize applications in the datacenter and benefit from granular access policy enforcement which reduces the risk of data loss or intrusion

Decrease application management cost & complexity and reduce application management costs by as much as 90%. Eliminate CAPEX for capacity by deploying in the cloud.

Solve today’s top IT and business challenges with app virtualization such as the demand for anywhere access, seamless continuity of operations and maximized access and collaboration

KEY BENEFITS OF XENAPP®


maximized access and collaboration

"We now have an IT team of 6

supporting thousands of

employees all over Europe"

Ronan MurrayInfrastructure Manager, LeasePlan

“We can give a seamless

experience to our end users while

accessing corporate data, while

they are travelling anywhere at

anytime”

Jayantha Prabhu,Chief Technology Officer, Essar Group

WHY XENAPP®? TOP 10 REASONS

01 Lower Hardware Requirements

03Simplified Image Management To Avoid Sprawl

02Reduced Storage Costs & Up To 30% Deployment Cost Reduction

04Designing For The User Majority, Not The User Minority

Citrix list the Top 10 Reasons to use XenApp® for desktop virtualization as follows:


03 Avoid Sprawl

05Delivering a Windows Desktop Experience

07Leverage Existing XenApp Knowledge & Experience

09Enhanced Mobility With Citrix Receiver™

04 Majority, Not The User Minority

06 Citrix License Advantages

08HDX Technology For Exceptional User Experience

10Citrix Market Leadership & Innovation

XENAPP® SIMPLIFIED

Nothing changes for your users - to them their applications feel just the same as they would if they were running them locally. In fact, they’ll probably run much faster and they may even be able to access apps and software versions that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to run on their device. One of the biggest upsides to this type of virtual application delivery is that your

In the simplest terms, XenApp is just a piece of (very clever) software that enables you to install all your applications from wherever you access them with all the processing done by the XenApp server(s). Apart from the actual Citrix software itself, you never need to

install anything on devices and all the processing is completed by the server(s). Most applications can be virtualized.


their device. One of the biggest upsides to this type of virtual application delivery is that your business can manage all your operating systems & applications centrally and solve

interoperability & compatibility issues.

Doing so empowers you to rapidly provision & deploy applications to a virtually unlimited amount of users and do so remotely with no need for you to even physically go to that device. On average, only about 10% of applications are managed by IT so XenApp can help you make that 100% to give you more control. It also allows you to get and stay current and consistent with latest Windows versions and avoid all those extended support charges by getting all your users onto the current OS version.

XENAPP® SIMPLIFIED

Nothing changes for your users - to them their applications feel just the same as they would if they were running them locally. In fact, they’ll probably run much faster and they may even be able to access apps and software versions that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to run on their device. One of the biggest upsides to this type of virtual application delivery is that your

In the simplest terms, XenApp is just a piece of (very clever) software that enables you to install all your applications from wherever you access them with all the processing done by the XenApp server(s). Apart from the actual Citrix software itself, you never need to

install anything on devices and all the processing is completed by the server(s). Most applications can be virtualized.

Citrix demonstrate it even better in a few really quick & useful videos which you can see at:


their device. One of the biggest upsides to this type of virtual application delivery is that your business can manage all your operating systems & applications centrally and solve

interoperability & compatibility issues.

Doing so empowers you to rapidly provision & deploy applications to a virtually unlimited amount of users and do so remotely with no need for you to even physically go to that device. On average, only about 10% of applications are managed by IT so XenApp can help you make that 100% to give you more control. It also allows you to get and stay current and consistent with latest Windows versions and avoid all those extended support charges by getting all your users onto the current OS version.

How XenApp Work: http://youtu.be/mpdUDUVMNKMReal World Use Cases: http://youtu.be/woyhUCzs7rcHow XenDesktop 7 Works: http://youtu.be/70AvnbNBmjI

Empower employee productivity up to 300% by working anywhere

HDX user experience optimization for multimedia redirection, collaboration & USB peripherals

HDX 3D Pro performance optimization for 2D & 3D graphics, design,

KEY FEATURES OF XENAPP®


& engineering apps

HDX Mobile optimizes Windows apps for mobile touch screen environments

WAN optimized networking for long distance, limited bandwidth high latency connections

Unified Communications optimization reduces latency with local voice & video media processing

Empower employees with choice

Any device access with “follow-me apps” from over a billion devices including Windows, Mac, iOS, & Android or any HTML5-enabled browser

Enterprise app store for user self-service selection of authorized apps



Enterprise app store for user self-service selection of authorized apps

Universal printing services delivers bandwidth optimized, print-anywhere solution eliminating need for native drivers

Support for 16-, 32-, 64-bit apps on WS 2008R2/ 2012R2 & WinXP/7/8

Decrease risk of data loss while securing corporate access

Centrally secured apps in the datacenter delivered to any device

High security with multi-factor authentication & activity logging



High security with multi-factor authentication & activity logging

SmartAccess fine-grained context-based policy controls for scenario-based access restrictions

ShareFile integration for optimized on-demand, on or off-premise data sync & sharing

Reduce cost & complexity of application & desktop management by up to 90% & improve success rate of desktop image updates to nearly 100%

Simple to deploy with 5 min setup & easy-to-use Studio console

Simplify operations with Director helpdesk console and built-in EdgeSight



performance analytics

High availability architecture assures that users can always get apps or desktops regardless of maintenance or unplanned outages

Hybrid cloud provisioning seamlessly flex or grow from the data-center to nearly any public cloud

XenApp published apps for secure access to 5 generations of Windows apps on any device & XenApp published desktops for maximum IT control & lowest cost

Microsoft AppV integration automatically provisions apps directly from the

Enterprise scalability for 100,000+ users and 1,000 servers




industry standard app virtualization technology

Integrated Profile management delivers personalized desktops with single image management

AppDNA app compatibility testing and migration tools

Automated app and desktop thin provisioning - storage optimized single image management

Microsoft System Center integration streamlines operations & lifecycle

NetScaler load-balancing (optional) for 99.999% high availability




management

Open Architecture permits any hypervisor, storage & 3rd party management integration

Integration with NetScaler HDX Insight technology for end-to-end network monitoring of end user experience

THE UMBEE XENAPP® ADVANTAGE

Umbee are specialists in XenApp® hosting solutions. We deploy custom Citrix infrastructures for application publishing through XenApp desktop sessions

Our experienced & knowledgeable consultants work with you to

architect & implement stable XenApp servers that leverage the Umbee

VMware vCloud platform & scale in line with your business

Our Citrix XenApp certified engineers (CCE’s) support you through the


Our Citrix XenApp certified engineers (CCE’s) support you through the

entire provisioning & implementation process & fully support the

platform via our Managed Hosting services.

We offer sameday set-up, choice of datacenters across multiple continents, a dedicated Umbee XenApp Guru working for you and

24/7/365 Umbee-lievable Support

Umbee provide a free design service & our hosting solution architects

analyse your requirements, design the right hosting infrastructure &

propose the right solution for your business.

THE UMBEE XENAPP® ADVANTAGE

Netscaler VPX. Through the unique access gateway feature set of

Citrix NetScaler, our XenApp gurus securely deliver XenApp

applications and hosted desktops to any location and to any device.

Multifactor authentication and SSL encryption of your Hosted

XenApp platform offers secure and robust access to all your

published applications

Bring your own device (BYOD). By leveraging all our XenApp

components as a bundle, you can support the BYOD trend. The

strategic use of Citrix XenApp empowers users to access their

critical business applications on PC, laptop, tablet, thin-client or

smart-phone and all without compromising your corporate security

policies.

Active Directory & Group Policy Management. Microsoft Active

Directory plays an important role in XenApp infrastructure & group Application Redirection. Microsoft Application redirection is a

critical component of successful XenApp implementations; it


Citrix Cloud Gateway. Our Citrix Storefront server provides a rich

XenApp user experience & enables self-service of enterprise

applications. We integrate StoreFront within all our Hosted XenApp

deployments simplifying the delivery of applications & business

services

Citrix Profile Management. This is a proven profile management

solution that ensures a consistent user experience as users/

customers roam between XenApp worker servers. Through the

combination of Citrix Profile Manager and Microsoft Application

redirection, Umbee provides you with the perfect profile

management solution for your hosted XenApp solution

Directory plays an important role in XenApp infrastructure & group

policy management is a prerequisite for XenApp. We help you

design & implement Active Directory within any new XenApp solution

& we provision the required domain controller(s) and our secret list of

group policy settings, to optimise your Citrix XenApp environment to

optimise your user experience.

critical component of successful XenApp implementations; it

prevents user profiles from becoming bloated, minimising user

logon timings. Umbee’s XenApp guru’s ensure you understand

which folders can be redirected & how best to configure Microsoft

group policies for redirection to deliver the most reliable XenApp

platform possible

We appreciate that Citrix XenApp is a huge subject & hope this briefing guide has proven to be of use/ interest to you. On a completely no-obligation basis, we’d be delighted to offer you a short & friendly Discovery Call with one of our XenApp guru’s so that we can help you assess the pros & cons for your business. There’s no sales spiel, just valuable consultancy and great advice from XenApp experts so:

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